Halloween debauchery gets one more horrifying gasp tomorrow in downtown Los Angeles when the city is swarmed by electronic dance music fans attending HARD Day of the Dead. In an attempt not to compete with the many dance music festivals going on Halloween weekend, the HARD Haunted Halloween Festival has now been transformed into HARD Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos for you non-gringos. This Latin celebration is usually held on November 1st and 2nd to coincide with the Catholic All Saints Day and All Souls Day in remembrance of those friends and family who have passed. Starting tomorrow afternoon you can expect lots of kids dressed in Day of the Dead get-ups with a lot of face paint and very little clothing. Boasting four different stages, a Ferris Wheel and even a Holy Ship, the HARD brand has really stepped up it's game after being bought by Live Nation. With a stacked line-up featuring Major Lazer, Knife Party, Tommy Trash and more we put together a list of five must see acts you can't forget about under the Los Angeles city skyline and booming beats.

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Escape From Wonderland Was a Delightful Fright

This weekend, Insomniac Events hosted their second annual Escape from Wonderland music festival at the Nos Events Center in San Bernadino. The Wonderland parties have become a staple brand for the promoters and are becoming just as popular as Electric Daisy Carnival (their biggest event of the year). Built on a foundation of Alice and Wonderland themed performers and décor, Escape from Wonderland brought out the spooky side of this magical world we've come to love. We break down the night with the top five best and worst of our dark decent into this massive EDM event.

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Nick 13

Everyone has Halloween favorites that give them that appropriately creepy feeling for this time of year. Nick 13 is no different then us and before he goes on stage to deliver psychobilly burst of October Flame, one of our favorite traditions, he has his favorite songs and movies that get him into the spirit. Looking at this list, one can see where a lot of his influences come from and it is no surprise. The sounds the Tiger Army and his own solo projects are clearly reflected in his top five picks. He tells us what they are in his own words.

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R3HAB---See him at Sutra tonight

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Halloween is another excuse to dress up as your favorite characters while sneaking in an extra concert, festival or club night of partying to your favorite music. It seems like venues and promoters are using holidays these days to turn it into a week-long of festivities rather than the typical long weekend a la Memorial and Labor Day. Las Vegas has been doing it in the EDM scene and now it looks like OC is following suit. Identity Management has teamed up with Insomniac Events (founders of EDC) and other local promoters to bring you seven days of spooky celebrations at Sutra in Costa Mesa.

Halloween isn't until next Wednesday, but the celebrations begin tonight with a line-up for every night of the week until All Hallows Eve that is sure to satisfy your EDM needs without even having to ponder attending Monster Massive. The posh lounge will be transformed by various haunted themes and fantasies as some of the world's best DJs provide the soundtrack. Even DJ R3hab's Facebook profile picture announces his "USA Halloween Tour" which includes stops in Vegas, Hallofreaknween Festival in Denver and Sutra tonight. R3hab is sure to kick-start the chainsaw madness of hard-hitting electro and progressive house which out-shined Afrojack on many of their tour dates this year. For house addicts tonight will be the perfect rehab as the DJ fittingly born Fadil El Ghoul kicks off the festivities with opening sounds by Adam Auburn & Darwin Paul, Darreen Correa and Audiostache.

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Lainna Fader

A group of staggering undead in Long Beach last year helped break the zombie walk world record.

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Hanging out at the tourist-y shoreline south of Downtown Long Beach means three things: the Queen Mary, the Aquarium and BRRRAAAAIIIIINNNNNSSS.

Well, at least that's how it'll be the Saturday before Halloween this year when the Long Beach Zombie Walk finds its largest home yet down at the Convention Center-adjacent complex of Marina Green, Rainbow Harbor and Shoreline Village.

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Matt Oliver

​If you were at Escape From Wonderland in San Bernardino, you would've undoubtedly seen the bunnies, the Indians, candy ravers and all the costumed superheroes over the weekend. (Read our review here.) After the jump, the 10 hottest we saw.More »

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Every year different horror themed mazes pop up during the Halloween season, most of the time not returning the following year. I'm pretty much determined not to waste my money on a lot of first time attractions because they are usually overpriced, small, unorganized and well, not that scary.

Being in its third seventh year of operation, The Empty Grave returns to The Anaheim GardenWalk in the Disneyland area to offer up some screams. Though the $13 single general admission ticket may seem a little steep for a maze lasting about five minutes, they do offer some different discount packages for those coming in groups such as two tickets for $20 and five tickets for $40, making it a little bit easier on the pocketbook.

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Last October, Daiana Feuer of the New LA Folk Festival put together a Halloween event at the Echoplex to celebrate the "dark side of folk." Murder Ballads was a monstro event, with 14 acts putting their spins on death via the legends of Jesse James, Pretty Boy Floyd, John Henry, Wild Bill Jones and many more. "We hope people learn a little about this particular pillar of music history, and it seems only right to do it around Halloween," Feuer said.

This Thursday, Oct. 20, Feuer and company are doing it again. The New LA Folk Festival, LA Record and Grand Ole Echo team up to host The Return of Murder Ballads, a Halloween tribute show dedicated to timeless songs about killers, scorned lovers and evildoers. This time, The Americans, Leslie Stevens, T.O.M (Troy Murrah of Restavrant) and more will add their own melodic and theatrical twists to old folk songs written about some of the most famous murder tales in history.

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